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Friday, September 28, 2012

Hi everyone!! I was in my closet today and happened to notice a cute little navy blue dress with thin white horizontal strips, and it dawned on me that I haven't done a nautical mani in ages!!

I stared off with two coats of China Glaze First Mate, a navy creme, and three coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, a white creme with a grey undertone, to my ring fingers.

I started to go with the traditional stripes! I had my tape all ready to go and everything. But then I thought about how many nautical manis I see with stripes, so I decided to go in a different direction.

With my medium and small dotting tool, I used both First Mate and My Boyfriend Scales Walls to create the dotted line pattern.

For a little something extra, I used Konad Special Red with Bundle Monster plate BM-08 for the anchor on my accent nails. I finished with one coat of Poshé.

I used my small dotting tool with Zoya Monica, Zoya Carly, Essie No More Film, and Color Club Pucci-licious to create a dotted gradient on my ring fingers. I finished with one coat of Poshé.

I adore the look of the dotted gradient paired with Joker. Joker is a seriously amazing glitter, but I could have done with a little less glitterbombage. It's just a teeny bit much, but it's still gorgeous.

The name is severely accurate, because I adore You're Gonna Love Me. It's like wearing rock candy on your nails! Another perfect formula with no glitter fishing!

This next one is Shift n' Giggles, a sheer shifting shimmer with flashes of aqua, greenish blue, and purple with iridescent multi-sized glitters, holographic micro glitters, and prismatic pink diamonds.

Shown is two coats of Shift n' Giggles over Essie No More Film.

Shift n' Giggles has a formula that's easy to work with, but the pink diamonds are a tad reluctant to come out of the bottle. I felt like I had a little bit of a galaxy mani going on!

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Hi everyone! I am so excited to be showing you the newest collection from Elixir Lacquers ...

Lov-a-Bully

This set of seven was inspired by Bully breed dogs! 10% of each bottle sold will be donated to the Atlanta Bully Rescue, an organization that works tirelessly to reduce the number of unwanted bully breeds in Atlanta and surrounding areas by finding them their forever homes!!

Blue Coat

First up is Blue Coat, which was inspired by Norris, who was able to find his forever home, thanks to the Atlanta Bully Rescue!

Blue Coat is a deep navy blue with a dusting of holographic particles.

Shown is two coats of Blue Coat.

Smokey Coat

Smokey Coat was inspired by Sadie, who was able to find her forever home, thanks to the Atlanta Bully Rescue!

Smokey Coat is a deep charcoal grey with a dusting of holographic particles.

Shown is two coats of Smokey Coat.

Spotted & Splotched

Spotted & Splotched was inspired by Bentley, who found his forever home with my amazing friends Ale and Eric, thanks to the Atlanta Bully Rescue!

Also, if you decide to order a full set of the Lov-a-Bully collection, in addition to receiving the current secret shade, 20% of the purchase will be donated to the Atlanta Bully Rescue.

On a personal note, the very first dog I grew up with was a massive red nose pit named Zeus.

He was badly abused as a puppy. The mental stress of it caused him to break out into hives during thunderstorms, while he hid under tables. But he was such a joy for our family, and an all around wonderful dog.